Hunter is a rising star on a great defense. It’s going to be fun to keep watching this kid grow.

Sam BradfordIt’s hard to put an offensive player here but I’m making an exception for Bradford. He played his tail off, kept the chains moving and played through what I can only assume was a significant amount of pain given the shots he was taking. I also respect him for getting after the officials in a respectable and responsible fashion after the game.

Kai ForbathHe may have called bank on the last one, but Forbath was 3-for-3 on the night with his other two kicks splitting the uprights. The Vikings will take that all day.

Losers

Special TeamsIt’s no coincidence this unit’s worst game of the season came with special teams coach Mike Priefer focused on taking over head coaching duties for Mike Zimmer. There were muffed punts, shanked punts, missed blocks, penalties, just a host of mistakes we haven’t seen from this group. Jeff Locke wasn’t able to play like the Pro Bowl hopeful we’ve seen for most of this season and the field position game took a huge hit.